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WHAT
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Galileo: "Mathematics is the language in which the laws of nature are written" Mathematics is
a language and tool that is essential to almost every aspect of human
activity: business, science, economics, and other
professional trades. It is an intellectual exercise worthy of study in
its own right, as it provides skills necessary to think critically and
logically make various decisions we face in our daily lives. |
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Quote
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| "The
greatest unsolved theorem in mathematics is why some people are better
at it than others." Mathesis, Adrian |
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Mathematician
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| Philipp Ludwig von
Seidel: "Seidel worked on dioptics and mathematical analysis throughout his career. His work on lenses, and identified mathematically five coefficients describing the aberration of a lens, now called 'Seidel sums'. These Seidel sums correspond to spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, Petzval curvature and distortion. He also introduced the concept of nonuniform convergence and applied probability to astronomy." (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Seidel.html) |
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| The Ten Commandments of Math 1. Thou shalt not divide by zero. 2. Thou shalt not put other textbooks before thee in math class. 3. Thou shalt show thy work; check thy work and confirm that thy results are reasonable. 4. Remember thy test days and prepare for them wholly. 5. Thou shalt honor the correct order of operations. 6. Thou shalt not do thy math homework in ink ! 7. Thou shalt commit the facts of arithmetic to memory. 8. Thou shalt do unto one side of an equation what thou doest to the other. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy original problems; thou shalt copy thy problems accurately and legibly. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's paper, not anything that is thy neighbor's. |
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RECOMMENDED MATH BOOKS |
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Click Here for Greek Alphabet (PDF), from http://mahi.ucsd.edu/shearer/227A/greekalphabet.pdf
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